Were you trying?????? (a kind of funny rant)

bsmead

Yep!  We we trying to get pg... Nope, we were not "trying" for twins.  As it turns out, it is TOTALLY acceptable for married women to get pregnant by their husbands even if they have 2 other children!

Here is what I am starting to tell people:

• It was all the miracle grow I put on our tomatos last summer
• It was my "volumizing" shampoo
• I jumped a lot of rope that week and so 2 eggs came down

My next favorite line from people
"oh my gosh were you surprised?"
     -uh-yea....duh!

jesidz

Agreed! These twins will be babies #3 and #4 for us and I get LOTS of comments, all day, every day!

leecrystalwed08

People keep asking me "Wow how did you get pregnant with twins"

Hmmmm I will give you one guess!

togagirl

A woman with one baby actually asked me the other day if my third "was planned". Seriously?  You would ask someone that???

hunt2005

My friends nurse had the nerve to ask her "you do know how this happens, right?" I would have decked her!

OctoberCAPA

These will be our first and second, and I love that people tell me "wow, a boy and a girl--you're done now!"  We probably are, but the fact that they feel it's okay to decide our future family planning choices for us is maddening.  And as if we'd have to "try again" if we were having two of the same sex. 

MeggM1

We were still engaged when we found out we were pregnant (we've since gotten married, it just got moved up!) and people ask us all the time if we were trying, or when we tell them it's twins they ask "How we got pregnant."  I know that they are asking if we used treatments or not, but it's confusing to me why people who know me and know that we weren't married yet ask that.  Because we were ready to invest thousands of dollars and emotional expense into fertility treatments but not into getting married (my apologies if someone did go this route)?  Anyway, so when people ask how I got pregnant with twins I usually just shrug, but sometimes I'll be like "The peanut butter cup martinis at a bar in San Antonio, okay?  That's how I got pregnant with twins." 

And with the PP - the boy/girl "And you're done" comments are too much!  Like, thanks for family planning for us.  

Sorry for the snark, this just always sets me off!  People shouldn't ask how you got pregnant, nor should they decide how many kids you have.

sarahjane936

The "trying for triplets" comment always gets me.  How does one try for triplets?

bsmead

sarahjane936:

The "trying for triplets" comment always gets me.  How does one try for triplets?

I dont know how one "trys for triplets" but yours are too darn cute!!!

MuseumMaven

Lol.  I'm going to start telling people we had sex twice in 24 hours to get twins.

nickisue

My personal favorite is "your sure going to have your hands full!"   I have an 8 month old at home and am 7 months pregnant with twins and hear that several times a day. Im really glad I hear that so often, I really thought it was going to be a cake walk.

 Also another one me and my husband hear on a regular basis is "so whos getting fixed after this?"

leviandlandensmom

nickisue:

My personal favorite is "your sure going to have your hands full!"   I have an 8 month old at home and am 7 months pregnant with twins and hear that several times a day. Im really glad I hear that so often, I really thought it was going to be a cake walk.

 Also another one me and my husband hear on a regular basis is "so whos getting fixed after this?"

Get used to that one. You will hear it 100x more after the babies are born. We have 3 under 2 and 4 under 5 and hear it all the freaking time. It's so annoying.